Lyndreth Hemp Wall: 15 federal convictions for assaults during purported spiritual treatment
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purported medicine man
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The cited record identifies purported spiritual treatment, deception, and authority over patients as the material spiritual doctrine, practice, authority, or pretext connected to the documented harm. The relevant authority role is purported medicine man.
- Spiritual healing or treatment
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Proceedings
2025-03-21 · jury verdict
U.S. District Court, District of Colorado (No. 1:24-cr-00003, Judge Gordon P. Gallagher). Convicted on 15 federal sexual-abuse counts.
Documented coercion mechanisms
- purported spiritual treatment
- deception
- authority over patients
Cited record
Sources
- prosecuting authority disposition U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Colorado, “Purported Ute Mountain Ute Medicine Man Convicted of Sexually Assaulting Five Victims” (Mar. 21, 2025).
The Justice Department reports that Wall presented assaults as diagnosis or treatment of spiritual and physical conditions and that a federal jury convicted him on 15 counts involving five victims.
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- https://www.justice.gov/usao-co/pr/purported-ute-mountain-ute-medicine-man-convicted-sexually-assaulting-five-victims Corpus classification: prosecuting-authority; evidentiary role: disposition. SHA-256 bf38778694cfbb05bc874ee20e0a18d72ed93e145a3bd45a3eab63fdb035f15a
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- 2026-07-20 · Preserved
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